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Steamboat school : inspired by a true story, St. Louis, Missouri: 1847
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Steamboat school : inspired by a true story, St. Louis, Missouri: 1847
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In 1847 St. Louis, Missouri, when a new law against educating African Americans forces Reverend John to close his school, he finds an ingenious solution to the new state law by moving his school to a steamboat in the Mississippi River. Includes author's note on Reverend John Berry Meachum, a minister, entrepreneur, and educator who fought tirelessly for the rights of African Americans.
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Title
Steamboat school : inspired by a true story, St. Louis, Missouri: 1847
Call No
PZ7.H778125
Edition
First edition.
Authors
Hopkinson, Deborah
Husband, Ron
Subjects
Meachum, John B., 1789-1854--Juvenile fiction.
Meachum, John B., 1789-1854--Fiction.
Meachum, John B., 1789-1854. fast (OCoLC)fst01834118
Meachum, John B., 1789-1854.
Education--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Education--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Picture books for children.
Biographical fiction.
Juvenile works.
Picture books for children.
Picture books.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Language
English
Published
Los Angeles, California : Disney-Hyperion, 2016.
Publication Desc
40 unnumbered pages : illustrations ;
ISBN
9781423121961

(hardcover)

LCCN
2015016315
Target Audience
Primary
Dimensions
27 cm.
Awards Note
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)